Our book Psychology of Everyday Life: An Evolutionary Approach will be out in October. More details soon. You can pre-order it here: www.amazon.co.uk/Psychology-E...

My new study on humour among Welsh bilingual speakers. Here is a link if you would like to participate: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/aber/welsh...

Ydych chi'n ddoniol mewn dwy iaith? Profiadau hiwmor ymhlith siaradwyr dwyieithog Cymraeg-Saesneg - Online Surveys | Online surveys

Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, Online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

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Aberystwyth University @aberuni.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🤣 Can speaking Welsh influence what we find funny? That’s a question academics from our Psychology Department are trying to answer. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/mrjcv46c

Is laughter heritable? On the evolution of laughter, why Darwin tickled chimpanzees, giggling twins, and what might be the only trait that is completely heritable (a bit gross). You can't go wrong with Nancy Segal and Sophie Scott on the show. @aberuni.bsky.social @charliemuss.bsky.social

Wit Happens: A Light-hearted Dive into the Science of Humour. A free public lecture on the psychology of humour at the start of Aberystwyth Comedy Festival. Friday, October 3. Tickets at abercomedyfest.co.uk/show/2025/dr... (via @machcomedyfest) @charliemuss.bsky.social @prifaber.bsky.social

A blog post describing my study, written by Nancy Segal, the top twin researcher in the world and a collaborator on the study. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/twof...

Is Humor in Our Genes?

A recent twin study suggests that a certain type of humor might not be inherited genetically.

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Our new study on the heritablity of humor ability. Surprising result, no heritablity for humor production, only for self-assessed humor. Possible null effect due to low power, skewed sample, artificial tasks, and other factors. First study on the topic. See: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Dr Gil Greengross from our Psychology Department has spoken to the Daily Mail to discuss his research about whether being able to crack a good joke runs in the family. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/ycy6xzez

Laura Betzig writes a wonderful tribute to the late Don Symons who died recently. His 1979 book, The Evolution of Human Sexuality, is perhaps the first true evolutionary psychology book and is still a great read today. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

Sex on the Brain: In Memory of Don Symons

Don Symons's book "On the Evolution of Human Sexuality" has had a lasting impact on evolutionary psychology.

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Had the pleasure to visit Shrewsbury School and get a wonderful tour at their ancient libary. Charles Darwin attended this boarding school as a kid at the ages of 9-15. Among the amazing books in the library there is this original copy of the first edition of The Origin of Species.

A skeptical look at the health benefits of humor and laughter. My article in @psychmag.bsky.social www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Cracking the joke… Dr @giligg.bsky.social rethinks the health benefits of humour and laughter. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

I was surprised to see an incorrect definition of sex in the @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social in London. Sex is defined by gamete size—not physical appearances, chromosomes, or hormones, which are derivatives of the definition.

Cool article on the evolution of kissing: "evidence supports that kissing isn't a derived signal of affection in humans, it instead represents a surviving devolved, vestigial form of primate grooming that conserved its ancestral form, context, and function." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The evolutionary origin of human kissing

A kiss has been a signal of special affection across continents and cultures for millennia. Between times and peoples, social norms invariably prescribe kissing to specific affiliations and contexts,...

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For those interested in humor research, a nice interview with me and other humor researchers for science cafe Wales: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio Wales - Science Cafe, Humour and Laughter

Adam Walton looks at the science behind humour and laughter.

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